HERE YOU CAN READ WEEKLY REPORTS FROM EACH OF OUR TRIPS, THESE REPORTS GIVE A GREAT INSIGHT INTO WHAT WE DO, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHY WE DO IT. PLEASE TAKE A MINUTE AND HAVE A READ...

Prologue: We three clowns, Colm O'grady, Sam Meyler, and myself Jonathan Gunning, created a show over 2 weeks in the strobe lit semi-darkness of Spirit Nightclub, Dublin. As a warm up we performed a fundraiser at Careysford National School, Blackrock, Dublin. Though they both greatly helped our preparation, neither of these environments held any similarity to what we have experienced over the previous month here in Nepal.

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Our plane was a little 12 seater that struggled to lift its head above the
clouds as the nearby mountains sniggered. The propellers did not instill
confidence. Nor did the knowledge that if we crashed into one of the many
mountain peaks we’d have to eat each other to survive. Jonathan was eyeing up
the fat guy...

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Our show was in Timai, the first of the four eastern camps.  From the moment we
arrived we could feel an excited energy in the air.  As we walked in the camp
before our show kids were muttering little things about us...it was clear that
friends from the other camps had shared a few show secrets.  "Which one of you
wears yellow?"  "Who's in green?" The show was great fun as we had another crazy old man join in.  (there must be a crazy old man factory in them there hills)

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During our Pet Dog routine we noticed a giggle coming from up over our heads.
We turned to find a family all sitting in their window-sill smiling away.  They
refused when we called on them to pay us the 500euro ticket price, that was when
we noticed the other uninvited (but very welcome) spectators.  Just like at our
other shows we had people appearing high on balconies or perched on trees, low
down poking through gaps in fences or sneakily behind us peering over a wall. 

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